Goin' To The Chapel. . .

WE'RE MARRIED!

Praise the Lord! On May 2nd, 2015 I married my best friend & love of my life.

5 Years Together. 21 / 22 Years In The Making.

He is the most amazing guy. He is the most loyal friend - the sweetest heart - the most generous & kind spirited - the cutest smile - the kind of deep belly on the floor laughing kind of funny - the most God seeking - the can't stop won't stop kind of worker - the deepest brown eyes - the best puppy daddy - and truly my other half. I could go on and on about how wonderful my husband is, but I'll just go smother him in love instead of boring y'all :)

Ceej & I are the bestest friends. No one makes me smile the way CJ Newton makes me smile. No one will ever know me the way he does. No one will ever know the purest joy & love I have for him. He's mine forever. Next to Jesus as my salvation, he is the greatest gift I have and will ever receive from God. You know that saying, "We finish each other's sentences." or "We finish each other's sandwiches." aka 'Frozen' ;) - we don't even have to speak and we just know - I absolutely love that. We laugh all the time and love at all times. The love we share is pure joy & comfort. We are constantly in our own little world - and I love every second of every day with him. AND I could go on about how in love we are. . . BUT. . .

We fight, we get selfish, we speak too soon, we get impatient, we get upset easily (ok that's just me), we forget to do important things, we get lazy, we do so many sinful things every day - and that's marriage. That's the part of marriage no one told me about. People told me it would be difficult at times and unbelievably amazing at times. And they were so right. BUT. No one told me that I was going to be my worst enemy. No one told me that I would be the reason marriage was hard. No one told me how selfish I was. I thought marriage being "hard" would be about finances, kids, and making time for each other. I didn't know marriage being "hard" would be about me being the grace needing girl that I am. Marriage has brought me SO much closer to the Lord - He has revealed so much about me that I had never known - and I've known me for 21 years now. Yes, He's shown me how sinful I am, but through that, He's shown me how much I need Him and that I desire Him above all else. The Lord has blessed our marriage in so many ways in the past 5 & 1/2 months - and every sinful moment  has taught us so much about each other. And just when you think ugh... why would I ever want that? Let me share with you. . .

Even though marriage has shown me how sinful I am and my husband is. It is the very best thing in the world. Nothing nothing nothing will ever be as great as marriage. And that's Biblical. I am always with my best friend. He's never leaving. It's a constant laugh fest. It's a wanna stay up until 3am binge watching Game of Thrones kind of fun. It's let's have a serious conversation about how good tequila really is. It's filled with crazy love & romance. It's a bond that only a husband & wife can share. It's the Saturday morning coffee date. It's the how have you never dipped Oreos in milk kind of good. It's the best travel buddy. It's the yes, I'll watch all of Lord of The Rings with you - you're serving him big time by doing that one. It's learning how to cook and definitely having some failures - like shouldn't homemade pizza be easy - UH NO. It's the really good recipes that bring back such sweet memories. It's getting up 5 times a night for a puppy TOGETHER. It's cleaning a dog covered in poop on a Sunday morning TOGETHER. It's going to church to build community together. It's that constant encouragement. It's the smallest touch to the piggy back rides everywhere. It's COUNTLESS blessings like these that make up our marriage. I wouldn't trade our marriage for anything. Happy doesn't even describe life together. Life together is the BEST. 

Here's some pictures from our wedding day - hopefully I'll have the video to share soon!

All Photos by Anna Weaver @ Minted Photography

I will be sharing reception pictures & details on another post another day.

More to come this week & next:

Meet Marshmallow Newton

Friday Instagram Roundup

European Honeymoon

+ More Fashion Posts

Xx Mal

Hey Y'all It's Fall & The Blog Is Back!

Lovelier By Mal is FINALLY back up & running :)

After a long hiatus - Lovelier is finally back! Yay! A lot has happened in 2015 for us! We got married. . . We bought a house . . . We honeymooned in Europe . . . AND We bought a Goldendoodle . . . We've been busy bees here in the Newton house. Marriage is the BEST! We feel so blessed to get to live such a fun, sweet, crazy life together. Ceej is studying his butt off for the big CFP test right now - but praise the Lord the test is in November - so we are almost there! I've been learning a lot about cooking, cleaning, and making a happy home over these past few months - fun, right? :) Our house is still no where close to done - we barely have any furniture - but we have all the essentials - praise. It's been fun buying decor here & there - but it sure does add up the $$$ so we are taking it slow. This is our first major season to decorate for - and it's been so fun making our house look like fall! I will be sharing some pictures later this week :) But anyways - life is great - graphic designer / product developer by day - blogger by night. I will be sharing some other pictures of the past few months on the blog this week & next - so you'll get to meet Marshmallow Newton :) Thanks so much for following a long on my style filled journey! Now on to the good stuff. . . FASHION! 

Hey Y'all It's Fall!

Back to basics with this simple fall outfit. . . find all the outfit details below! 

Head to Toe Simple - Neutral - Fall.
Top (Old - Similar) | Denim | Booties 

Statement Earrings
I purchased these @ Mango in Barcelona - But I have linked a similar style above.

Our Front Door Mat For Fall
'Gather' Doormat | Booties | Denim

Happy Fall Y'all!
Ring (Preserve has closed - Linked Similar)
Bracelets 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (Old Anthro)
Watch

More to come this week & next:
Meet Marshmallow Newton
Friday Instagram Roundup
Our Wedding Day
Europe Honeymoon
+ More Fashion Posts

Xx Mal

Christmas Celebration Dinner #OOTN

Yay! It FINALLY feels like Christmas in South Carolina!

We've done a few Christmasy things so far this season - gone to several Christmas church serves, gone to a drive through light show, gone to see 50 decorated trees from all over the upstate, and gone to see the gingerbread houses in Asheville --- all SO fun, but tonight I finally feel like it's time to celebrate Christmas and most importantly the birth of our Saviour!!!

Ceej and I went out with my godparents and parents tonight to a delicious steak dinner - aka I'll be stuffed until 2015.

We got to open the first presents of the season, reflect on our year, and be jolly :)

Jesus has blessed Ceej & I like crazy in 2014 and I cannot wait to see what he does in us and through us in 2015. 

2015 is our wedding year - we're about 4 months away now! Prayers are greatly appreciated!!!! 

I wanted to share with you my outfit from tonight - such a fun Christmas outfit - and I definitely felt like it was screaming to be worn on New Years!

I do not have a full picture - but the boots are TO DIE FOR! They're over the knee black suede boots purchased from Shoe Dazzel last year -- I'll work on linking some similar ones below :)

Girls - you NEED to have sequins in your life - so girly - so fun - so me!!! I cannot have enough sequins in my life!

Necklace // J. Crew

Blazer // H&M

Tank // Old Navy

Skirt // Nordstrom (Old)

Tights // Target

Boots // Shoe Dazzel

Hope Y'all have a blessed Monday night & a crazy good Tuesday!!!

XO,

Mal